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35th Massachusetts Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at Worcester August 1, 1862.1

Muster Out:  Mustered out June 9, and discharged from service June 27, 1865.2

Commander(s):
Colonel Sumner Carruth
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Major John W. Hudson
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Captain Clifton A. Blanchard
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Captain J. Wilson Ingell
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Lieutenant George M. Farrington
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army7,8

Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army 11

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15,16,17

  • Commander: Captain J. Wilson Ingell (July 31, 1864)18
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army19,20

  • Commander: Lieutenant George M. Farrington (August 31, 1864)21
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army22,23

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army26,27

  • Commander: Major John W. Hudson (October 31, 1864)28
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army29

  • Commander: Colonel Sumner Carruth (December 31, 1864)30
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army31,32

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Sumner Carruth (Colonel Carruth was temporarily commanding the First Brigade while Brevet Brigadier General John I. Curtin took a leave of absence starting on January 21)(January 1-21 & February 28, 1865)33,34
    • Major John W. Hudson (January 21-31, 1865)35
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army36,37

  • Commander: Colonel Sumner Carruth (March 31, 1865)38
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles39:

  • Before Petersburg June 16-18.
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
  • Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
  • Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
  • Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
  • Fort Stedman March 25, 1865.
  • Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
  • Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.
  • Occupation of Petersburg April 3.
  • March to Farmville April 4-10.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    3. Image from the personal collection of Joseph Maghe.  This image may not be reproduced without his written consent.  I’d like to thank Joe for his extreme generosity in providing this and many other images for commanders at this site. ↩
    4. John W. Hudson image.  MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 104, Page 5376.  United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
    5. Clifton A. Blanchard image.  MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 84, Page 4240.  United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
    6. J. Wilson Ingell image.  MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 84, Page 4240.  United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
    7. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 229 ↩
    8. Committee of the Regimental Association. History of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865, With a Roster. Boston: Mills, Knight & Co., 1884, pp. 241–242: The regimental history explains that the 35th Massachusetts was kept with its brigade while also doubling as engineers from May 26, 1864 to around September 1, 1864, causing conflicts between Ninth Corps Chief of Engineers James St. Clair Morton and the various brigade commanders of 1/1/IX/AotP until Morton’s death in June 1864. ↩
    9. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 35th Massachusetts Entry, Page 87; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    10. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 35th Massachusetts Entry, Page 87; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    11. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 549 ↩
    12. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 549 ↩
    13. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 35th Massachusetts Entry, Page 87; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    14. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 35th Massachusetts Entry, Page 87; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 734: However, the General summary of casualties for July in OR XL P1, page 259 (see note below) places the 35th MA as the acting engineers for the First Division. ↩
    16. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 259: This source shows the 35th MA as acting engineers for the First Division, Ninth Corps.  Per the regimental history, the 35th had to do line duty with its brigade while also doubling as engineers from May 26 to Spetember 1, 1864.  See that source below. ↩
    17. Committee of the Regimental Association. History of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865, With a Roster. Boston: Mills, Knight & Co., 1884, pp. 241–242: The regimental history explains that the 35th Massachusetts was kept with its brigade while also doubling as engineers from May 26, 1864 to around September 1, 1864, causing conflicts between Ninth Corps Chief of Engineers James St. Clair Morton and the various brigade commanders of 1/1/IX/AotP until Morton’s death in June 1864. ↩
    18. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 734 ↩
    19. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 616: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    20. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 126: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
    21. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 616: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    22. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1301. ↩
    23. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 142: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
    24. Drake, Janet M. Remember me to all the friends: Civil War Letters from George W. Harwood Massachusetts 36th Regiment. Damianos Publishing, pp. 271-273: “Camp of 36th Regt Mass Vols Oct 12/64…Col (Sumner) Carruth of the 35th Mass has been absent sick for sometime. he came up a few days ago. we are in the same Brigade.” ↩
    25. Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 35th Massachusetts Entry, Page 81; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    26. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    27. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 158: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
    28. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    29. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1121: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    30. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1121: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    31. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 332: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
    32. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 745: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
    33. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 332: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
    34. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 745: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
    35. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 332: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
    36. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 573: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    37. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 589: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
    38. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 573: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    39. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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